consists of
best performances of best songs
with different bands (or without one) at different places
and
Wishbone Studio Tapes with Harmony

I have already expressed the notion that I am
probably not the kind of writer that producers think they can make
much money on, so, if you are reading this because you are about to
listen to something I wrote, then I am very grateful. If you spend
any time at all listening, you might want to consider yourself one
of my best friends.

Here is a song I have begun without vocals, lyrics,
or melody as of yet. It's just the beginning of a song but it is fun
doing, also, writing and arranging keeps me out of trouble. So far, my
son Adam (who might be coming up with lyrics and a melody) has named
the song

I was asked to sing for a wedding and the
father of the bride wanted a special song for his dance with his
daughter. He contacted me and gave me some web site addresses with
songs people use for that purpose but he complained that they were
pretty sappy. I listened and agreed so I decided to write a sappy song
of my own for
this purpose.
"Just One Dance".

Sometimes I feel like I just want God to step
down and end all the suffering that is going on. Leave the joy and
fun and end the evil and misery.
"Take Us Home".

Thief in Babylon
My favorite version of this is with the 1977 Harmony band. I love
what Bill Hinds played on guitar and the parts he sang with me and
Jimbo made it sound particularly strong.The version of
Thief in Babylon with Jimbo at the
Fifth Quarter shows our natural way of singing together. Also, Jimbo
has a natural talent for finding a harmony part that is unique and
beautiful. Here is the
Wishbone
Studio version of the song with Kelvin Holley's tasteful playing
on the guitar.

The Lady
and the Blues
This is a live recording from Norm's in B'ham. I hope to add a
guitar part when I learn how to use the Pro Tools Le 6.4 software
which I recently got on e-Bay. I programmed all the parts myself on
a Sequential Circuits Studio 440 and Prophet VS synth so that I
could play the song while doing a solo job. When we were playing one
night at Kegler's Kove, a girl kept hollering, "Jelly!, Jelly!,
Jelly!", which was a blues tune we did. The next day I wrote this
song in a fit of my own self-induced blues. We later recorded it at
Wishbone Studios in Muscle Shoals as "I Think You Better Go".
There is yet another live recording of the studio arrangement on the
Harmony 1977 page.

I Hear Your Heart
This song is
from my CD which was named 'I hear Your Heart'. Tommy Shaw wrote
most of the words in the "rap". Josh Brewer played the guitar
lead and I played the wood flute and piano and sang all the parts. I
had a lot of fun programming the rest with my stuff on a Macintosh
with Mark of the Unicorn software . A baby can hear it's mothers
heartbeat while it is in the womb.

I Had
To Laugh
Wishbone recording with Bill Hinds playing guitar and singing with
Beth, Jimbo, and me.

Country Girl
Recorded live at Deacon Blues in Montgomery with 'Harmony' (Larry
Hawkins, David Jackson, Jimbo Jones, and me). Written during the
time at Kegler's Kove (1975-1978 and a half) and also recorded at
Wishbone Studios in Muscle Shoals as "Next Time"with Clayton Ivey playing the Rhodes electronic
piano, Bill Hinds on guitar, Tommy Beavers on Drums, Jimbo on Bass
guitar, and Jimbo Jones and Beth Nielsen on background vocals.

Cross the BayAt
Wishbone Studios, Muscle Shoals. With Beth and Jimbo Singing with
me. Clayton Ivey playing the Rhodes. Harvest also did a great
version of this song but I don't have a good recording of it. I
liked the live versions better with Harvest and Harmony but this has
strings and a slick production.

WipeoutI am in the process of re-recording and
editing my own version of this Ventures classic but I can't get my
tight jeans zipped up anymore. I'm currently advertising in the
Atlanta Constitution newspaper for the 'right girl' with the 'right
tight jeans' to come to My Own Studios here in Montgomery to record
the track. People I see out on the mean streets of Montgomery and at
the grocery store introduce me to their kids and say, "He can play
'Wipeout' on his zipper!". I quickly reply, "I don't know what
they're talking about!" The kids don't know what they're
talking about either, so, we are immediate friends. Sometime in the
future, the children, who have just been successfully networked, can
make 'suggested donations' ($50 and up) to my retirement 'Ministry'
(registered ®911C non-prophet, charitable Church and Religion BS
foundation for reverends/actors who act like their telling the
truth). I walk away while waving and smiling so that the parent is
still trying to explain 'Wipeout' on the zipper and the kid is
finding out what his father/mother was really like when they were
young.